Proverbe, expresii si zicatori

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1. Mai rãrut, mai drãgut.   =   Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
2. E randul dv.   =   Ball is with you
3. Rabdã inimã si taci.   =   Bear and forbear.
4. A reveni (mereu) la acelasi subiect   =   Beat over the old ground
5. A rasufla din greu.   =   Blow like a grampus
6. A recurge la... / A face apel la ...   =   Call into requisition to ...
7. A regla conturile (cu cineva). / A fi chit.   =   Call it square
8. A repurta o victorie. / A culege lauri.   =   Carry away the garland
9. Se recunoaste invins. / A se preda.   =   Chuck up the sponge
10. A regla conturile (socotelile).   =   Clear a score
11. Rasa nu te face cãlugar. / Nu tot ce poartã rasã si camilafcã e cãlugãr.   =   The cowl does not make the monk. / The hood (habit) does not make the monk. / It is not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.
12. Rãzboiul, lup nesãtios.   =   War is death`s feast.
13. Rãu te hrãnesti cu mâncarea în traista altuia. / Cine tine pâinea în sânul altuia de multe ori rabdã de foame.   =   Who depends upon another man`s table often dines late. / He that waits upon another`s trencher makes many a little dinner. / He that is fed at another`s hand may stay long ere he be full.
14. Rufele murdare se spalã în familie (acasã).   =   One does not wash one`s dirty linen in public. / Do not wash your dirty linen in public / dirty linen should be washed at home.
15. Si râma, când o calci, ridicã capul sã te muste.   =   Even a worm will turn. / Tread on a worm and it will turn. / The fly has her spleen and the ant her gall.
16. Tot raul spre bine.   =   Every cloud has a silver lining.
17. Râde ciob de oalã spartã.   =   The frying-pan said to the kettle, "avaunt, black brows!" / The kiln calls the oven burnt-hearth / The pot calls the kettle black. / Thou art a bitter bird, said the raven to the starling. / The kettle calls the pot black-brows (burnt-arse).
18. Si repede si bine mai rar se poate.   =   Good and quickly seldom meet.
19. De om ros si de cal bãlan sã te feresti ca de satan.   =   Red hair; devil`s hair. / A red beard and a black head, catch him with a good trick and take him dead.
20. Rãu cu rãu se vindecã. / Rãu faci, rãu gãsesti. / Rãul cu rãu se goneste.   =   One ill turn deserves (asks, requires) another.
21. A ramane calm.   =   To keep cool
22. Regele e mort. Trãiascã Regele! / Schimbarea domnilor, bucuria nebunilor.   =   The king is dead. long live the king!
23. Cu rusinea mori de foame. / Omul cu rusine piere, nimeni nu-i dã pân nu-i cere.   =   The lame tongue gets nothing. / He that cannot ask, cannot live.
24. Rãul vine iute, binele încet.   =   Mischief has swift wings.
25. Rãul s-aude lesne. / Vorba rea fuge mai tare ca cea bunã.   =   Ill news comes apace. / Ill news comes unsent for. / Bad news has wings.
26. Rãu cu rãu, dar mai rãu fãrã rãu.   =   Nothing so bad but it might have been worse.
27. Tot rãul are si partea lui de bine.   =   Nothing so good but it might have been better. / No great loss but some small profit.
28. Rana, dacã se deschide, anevoie se închide. / Rana veche usor sângereazã.   =   It is not wise to open old wounds.
29. Rãbdarea e cea mai bunã doctorie. / Ca rãbdarea la necaz, nici un leac mai bun.   =   Patience is a remedy for every grief. / Patience is a plaster for all sores / patience is the best remedy.
30. Rãbdarea-i din rai. / Rãbdarea e virtue (mântuire).   =   Patience is a virtue.
31. Cu rãbdarea treci si marea. / Omul cu rãbdarea, trece chiar si marea.   =   Patience overcomes all things. / Patient men win the day.
32. Ruga pãcãtosului n-ajunge la cer. / Glasul nebunului nu se aude-n cer.   =   The prayers of the wicked won`t prevail. / The braying of an ass does not reach heaven.
33. Rugina moale roade ferul tare.   =   Rust eats up iron. / Iron not used soon rusts.
34. Rabdã inimã si taci.   =   Suffer and expect.
35. Cu o rândunicã nu se face primãvara (vara).   =   One swallow does not make a summer. / One flower makes no garland.
36. A ramane nelamurit.   =   Be taken aback
37. Cu rãbdarea trece marea. / Omul cu rãbdarea trece chiar si marea.   =   He that endures is not overcome. / He that can stay obtains / perseverance overcomes all things.
38. Rãu faci, rãu gãsesti.   =   He that hurts another hurts himself. / He that mischief hatches, mischief catches.
39. A ranji cu gura pîn-la urechi.   =   Be on the broad grin
40. Cu riscu vietii.   =   At the hazard of his life
41. La revarsarea zorilor. ; Cand se crapa de ziua.   =   At the peep of day
42. Rãbdarea are si ea marginile ei.   =   There is a limit to one`s patience. / Patience provoked turns to fury.
43. Râde dracul de porumbel si nu se vede pe el. / Râde dracul de porumbe negre si pe sine nu se vede.   =   Thou art a bitter bird, said the raven to the starling. / The kettle calls the pot black-brows (burnt-arse) / the pot calls the kettle black. / The frying-pan said to the kettle, "avaunt, black brows!" / the kettle calls the pot black-brows (burnt-arse).
44. Cu rãbdare si cu tãcere se face agurida miere. / Încetul cu încetul se face otetul.   =   Time and straw make medlars ripe. / With time and art the leaf of the mulberry-tree becomes satin.
45. Asa e roata lumii, unii suie, altii coboarã. / Lumea e ca un put cu douã ciuturi; când se urcã cea plinã, se coboarã cea desartã.   =   The world is a ladder for some to go up and some down. / Thus fareth the world, that one goeth up and another goeth down / in the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.
46. Roata cea mai proastã, aceea mai rãu scârtîie. / Roata stricatã face zgomot mai mare.   =   The worst wheel of a cart creaks most. / The worst wheel of a cart makes most noise.